The Kearns, Utah neighborhood where Dylan Treichel was allegedly shot by his friend, Ashton Jonathon Mann (Google Maps).
A man from Utah allegedly boasted to his friend about being able to avoid getting hit by a bullet. Tragically, he ended up losing his life to a gunshot wound, and now his friend is facing charges of manslaughter.
According to a report from KSTU, a local Fox affiliate, 23-year-old Dylan Treichel made this declaration to his friend Ashton Jonathon Mann during a get-together on February 2. Mann informed authorities that he and Treichel had been smoking marijuana and playing video games before the topic shifted to guns. They moved their gathering to a separate garage where two handguns were present. After supposedly unloading the guns, Treichel asserted that he could dodge a bullet.
Mann, who fully cooperated with the police investigation, recounted that after ensuring the guns were empty, he aimed one at Treichel and pulled the trigger. Mann stated to the police that Treichel was planning to move out of the trajectory to demonstrate his agility before the gun was fired. The friends repeated this process six times, believing the guns were unloaded, until Mann inadvertently shot Treichel in the chest.
According to the report, Treichel told Mann that he had been hit and asked his friend to call for help. Mann immediately called 911 and tried to help until paramedics arrived. Treichel, who was unresponsive by the time police got to the scene, was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
When police arrived, they found “drug paraphernalia consistent with marijuana use” as well as ammunition, and magazines for the handguns.
Mann was arrested in the early morning hours of Feb. 2 and charged with manslaughter and felony possession, purchase, transfer, or ownership of dangerous weapons by a restricted person. He was booked into the Salt Lake County Metro Jail and held without bond.
